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It's almost chilling how casual DPR is in asking for a hit. A departure from a "clean" tech-whiz and marketplace-operator into a true criminal boss. Almost an

by pkfrank 13y ago

It's almost chilling how casual DPR is in asking for a hit. A departure from a "clean" tech-whiz and marketplace-operator into a true criminal boss. Almost an analog for "Walter White," who also made $80mm on his calamitous journey from "honest" meth-cooker to kingpin.

RockyMcNuts 13y ago
"I am the one who knocks!"
- taybin 13y ago
  I am the one who port knocks!
mjolk 13y ago
It's posturing. He was trying to pay someone off while making a threat at the same time.
- swamp40 13y ago
  I agree, DPR figured they were the same person. Payed off anyways but at the same time negotiated a discount and scared the guy into not trying it again. This is corroborated by the fact that the FBI knew the name, date and city yet couldn't match it up to a real body.
  - timmm 13y ago
    This would also explain why he mentioned the previous hit, which I imagine would not be the type of information one offers unsolicited.
  - d23 13y ago
    Jesus christ at the amount of posturing in this thread. I don't really even know where else to go with it...
- jpatokal 13y ago
  If this story is to be believed, DPR actually did pay someone $80k to kidnap, torture and kill a victim... but apparently the hitman was an FBI agent. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/blog/bs-md-silk-road-shut-down-20131002,0,7548092.story http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/blog/bs-md-s...
- mehwoot 13y ago
  He asked the other account a few months later to make him a fake ID. Why would you be contacting and want to be involved with somebody who extorted you to the tune of $150k just a few months back? Not to mention he would then have to give up his physical address to have the docs sent, to someone who just a few months previous threatened to release the physical addresses of users on the site?
- srdev 13y ago
  There's no evidence of that. This theory just comes from the Bitcoin community's desire to make DPR into a martyr. Its not as if he was particularly sophisticated in covering his tracks in the first place (a lot of the things he did were facepalm worthy). Occam's razor -- he meant to take out a hit, and was just stupid.
jotm 13y ago
Yeah, 'cause it's so easy to see how he looked and what he felt as he was typing those lines... /s

by pkfrank 13y ago

RockyMcNuts 13y ago

"I am the one who knocks!"

taybin 13y ago
I am the one who port knocks!

mjolk 13y ago

It's posturing. He was trying to pay someone off while making a threat at the same time.

swamp40 13y ago
I agree, DPR figured they were the same person. Payed off anyways but at the same time negotiated a discount and scared the guy into not trying it again. This is corroborated by the fact that the FBI knew the name, date and city yet couldn't match it up to a real body.
- timmm 13y ago
  This would also explain why he mentioned the previous hit, which I imagine would not be the type of information one offers unsolicited.
- d23 13y ago
  Jesus christ at the amount of posturing in this thread. I don't really even know where else to go with it...
jpatokal 13y ago
If this story is to be believed, DPR actually did pay someone $80k to kidnap, torture and kill a victim... but apparently the hitman was an FBI agent. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/blog/bs-md-silk-road-shut-down-20131002,0,7548092.story http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/blog/bs-md-s...
mehwoot 13y ago
He asked the other account a few months later to make him a fake ID. Why would you be contacting and want to be involved with somebody who extorted you to the tune of $150k just a few months back? Not to mention he would then have to give up his physical address to have the docs sent, to someone who just a few months previous threatened to release the physical addresses of users on the site?
srdev 13y ago
There's no evidence of that. This theory just comes from the Bitcoin community's desire to make DPR into a martyr. Its not as if he was particularly sophisticated in covering his tracks in the first place (a lot of the things he did were facepalm worthy). Occam's razor -- he meant to take out a hit, and was just stupid.

jotm 13y ago

Yeah, 'cause it's so easy to see how he looked and what he felt as he was typing those lines... /s